Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been accused of abandoning his 20-year-old house help in Dubai without money or food. Hired in November to take care of his minor children while they studied in Dubai, Sapna Robin Masih has been living there alone for nearly a month, said an advocate who is trying to help her return.

According to Advocate Rizwan Siddiquee, who is the lawyer of Nawazuddin’s wife Aaliya Siddiqui, told mid-day that Masih was taken to Dubai in November on a tourist visa. In February, he got her a work visa, which mentions her designation as sales manager at “an unknown company”.